By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — We have two weeks before the end of the year. Is there anything you can do now to lower your 2015 tax bill? The answer is YES! Here are five tips: Make charitable contributions. There are several ways to give: donating household items or cars, giving money or transferring appreciated […]
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By Beth Sarafraz BROOKLYN, New York — Meet Albert Mammon. You may already be familiar with his name because some of his good deeds were reported on TV, in newspapers, and on social media – where the stories went viral and comments under them numbered in the stratosphere. The fact that Mammon is unique —
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Jewish Religion, USABy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — On May 29, 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, posthumously to Jan Karski with these words “As a young officer in the Polish Underground, Jan Karski was among the first to relay accounts of the Holocaust to the
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International, Jewish History, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Since the days of antiquity, shepherds often served as the leaders of a nation. When the prophet Nathan confronted King David for his illicit affair with Bathsheba, he gently reminded him that the role of a leader is to act pastorally toward the flock that God
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego features Al Korobkin as its guest speaker at the January 20 Dinner Forum. Al’s presentation will focus on the 2016 presidential election, the Democratic and Republican candidates running for the nomination of their parties, and characteristics of the various state primaries and
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San Diego Calendar, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Imagine Donald Trump as the leader of the free world. It may be something we have to get used to. Coming after eight years of Barack Obama, who came after George W. Bush, who came after Bill Clinton, one can wonder what made America great. A population of 320 million
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — John Kerry is seeking to top up his several efforts to deal with the Middle East by joining the Israeli and international left in warning that Israel will have to accommodate itself to a single country, with a Palestinian majority, if it doesn’t make peace with a Palestinian state. As
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USARep Davis: No guns for FBI suspects on Terrorist Watchlist WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) took action to force a vote on commonsense, life-saving legislation to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists. Rep. Davis signed a discharge petition to bring the bipartisan Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act
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International, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Efforts to appease radical Islamists prompt the kind of massacres recently seen in Paris and in San Bernardino, Wall Street Journal columnist Brett Stephens told a first-night Chanukah dinner sponsored by StandWithUs at the Torrey Pines Hilton on Dec. 6. First discussing Paris, Stephens said: “Before there was last
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Middle East, USAMessianic Jew killed in San Bernardino had argument on Islam with shooter (JNS.org) One of the 14 victims of the terror attack in San Bernardino, California, was a Messianic Jew who purportedly had previously gotten into a heated debate with one of the shooters over the nature of Islam. Nicholas Thalasinos, 52, was a
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Middle East, USAGerman president: no one can negate Israel’s right to defend itself (JNS.org) Visiting Israel to mark the ongoing 50th anniversary of the establishment of German-Israeli diplomatic relations, German President Joachim Gauck met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday in Jerusalem. During the meeting, Netanyahu emphasized “the uniqueness of the
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — Following is the text of comments made by President Barack Obama from the Oval Office on Sunday night, Dec. 6, on fighting terrorism: By President Barack Obama Tonight, I addressed the nation from the Oval Office on my top priority as President: Keeping the American people safe. It weighs heavily on the hearts
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israel has come to France, Belgium, the United States and Britain. Terrorism inspired by the ISIS and its offshoots is spreading around the world. As a result, some critics of Israel have come to appreciate its defensive and punitive measures; they even seek to emulate the Israelis. Perhaps because
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International, Middle East, USAAustrian minister nixes Israel visit over eastern Jerusalem meeting (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Austrian Science, Research and Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner canceled a planned visit to Israel after his host—Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akuni—insisted on meeting him in his eastern Jerusalem office. The visit was supposed to culminate with the two countries signing
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